The real truth about our world is all around us. In these industrial-age times there are people that measure, tabulate, and report all kinds of different things. There are two problems with this.
The first problem is that you have to ask how people made their calculations. If they have an axe to grind, you can be sure that they like the way that reinforces the opinions they already had. Orwell told us most of what we need to know here.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 